Hat-sizing machine



A. PELISSE. HAT SIZING MACHINE.

Patented May 1, 1883.

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AUGUSTUS PELISSE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HAT-SIZING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forminglpart of Letters Patent No. 276,708, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed January 5, 1883. (No model) To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat- I, AUGUSTUS PELissn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Sizing Machines; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom pa n yin g drawings, and to letters of reference marked there. on, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of sizing or felting machines known as threeroller machines, wherein threefeliing-rolls eoacttoreduce the size of thehat-bodies, the objectofthe invention being to reduce the cost of construction, to simplify and render the machine more elfective.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts, all substantially as will be hereinafter set fortlnand finally embodied in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in

which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each of the several figures, Figurel is a side elevation of a hat-sizing machine illustrating in general my improvements. Fig. 2 illustrates a modified form of a device for bolding and adjusting the treadle. Fig. 3 isa plan of a metallic lag; Fig. 4C, asection of the same; Fig. 5, a felting-roll detached from the machine, illustrating the arrangement of the lags thereon; "and Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a device adapted to cause a catch to hold its engagement with the treadle-board.

In carrying out my invention I form a framework having the side standards,A, which carry the usual tank, B, table 0, and rollers D D D,

arranged substantially as shown, D D being arranged on a horizontal plane, having a hatroll-receivin-g depression. between, in which the said hat-rolls revolve during the felting.

process, and D being arranged above said depression to engage with the top of the roll.

Heretofore where three felting-rolls were arranged as shown in my device, with two of the rolls arranged on about the same horizontal plane and the third roll was arranged above the cavity or depression between the firsttwo, the two lower rolls revolved in fixed bearings,

while the upper roll, D, was capableot being raised from its felting position, so as to allow the hat-rolls to be inserted or removed.

In my improved device the upper roll, D,

and one of the lower rolls, D", remain in substantiallyapermanent position, while the other lower roll, D, lying near the operator, is capable of-being lowered from its felting position of the frame slots a, preferably curved, in which work the journals of the rolls D,'said journals being connected to the treadle by the rod 0. To hold the i'elting'roll D into operative relation to the rolls D D without keeping the foot upon the trea-dle, I form an adjustable stay,d. .Saidstayis constructedsubstantially as follows: Across the front of the machine, from standard to standard, is arranged a bar, 0, at about the center of which are formed the earsf, between which is pivoted or fulcrumed the stay-leverf. Between said earsf and behind said stay-lever is cored out or formed a box, g, into which is arranged a rubber spring, 12, which latter, bearing against the bottom of the box or against a plate therein and said lever, throws the latter forward and causes the stay to retain its engagement with the treadle,

as will be understood. *As the hats in the roll become felted the roll becomes more compact and of a reduced size, making it necessary that the felting-rolls be brought nearer together. To" this end the stay d is connected with a screw, t, having a hand-piece, j, by means of which the stay is raised or lowered, as may be desired.

When it becomes necessary to remove the roll frointhe machine the stay is thrown from engagement with the treadle by the foot, when the roll D falls by its own weight.

To more perfectly felt the hats, I form the rolls D D D with short metallic lags m, Fi s. 3, 4, and 5, arranged spirally on the rolls, as shown, the spiral lags of one half the roll being left-hand and those on the other half being right-hand spirals, which, meeting in the center, tend to draw the hat roll toward the center of the roll and to compact the fur in the felt, as will be more definitely set forth.

The lags themselves are short, so that three or more are required, end to end, to stretch from the center of the roll to one of its ends; but it will be observed that the ends of the lags do not abut to form a continuous spiral, butare alternated, as shown, the felting-edges of the lags being discontinued, so that the peculiar twisting effect of each individual lag is taken up on other cloth by the adjacent lags, by which means the felt is gradually pressed together, smoothly and perfectly, overcoming certain defects occasioned when large and long wooden lags arranged on the roll parallel with the axes are used, the most prominent of which defects aretechnicallydenominatedlightningrods or crozes.

The rolls D D D are actuated by the pulleys m m m, having teeth or lugs n on the peripheries thereof, and said pulleys are connected by a chain or linked belt k, which engages with the lugs on the pulleys to cause the rolls to revolve. By this arrangement the roll D may be changed in its relative position without interfering with operation of felting.

1 am aware that, broadly, metallic lags are notnew, nor are spiral lags formed on the periphery of a roll. I am also aware a movable or adjustable roll has been employed in connection with other fixed rolls, and these features I do not wish to be understood as claiming; but

What I do claim is,

1. In a hat-sizing machine, the combination, with the roll, of metallic lags arranged thereon in alternating series spirally therearound, the course of each spiral being broken orinterrupted at intervals between the center of the. roll and its ends, substantially as herein set forth.

2. In a hat-sizing machine, the combination,

with the rolls DDD,of spiral lags, the course of which is interrupted at intervals between the center of the roll and its ends,.substantially as set forth.

3. In a hat-sizing machine, the rolls D D, arranged side by side or approximately in the same horizontal plane, one in fixed bearings and the other adjustably arranged and capable of being lowered from its felting position and back from the operator to allowthe hatroll to automatically fall toward said operator, and the roll D, arranged above the depression between said rolls D D, said parts being arranged and combined substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In combination, the standards A, having the slot a therein, the rolls D D D, one of which works in the slots 61, the toothed pulleys m, and endless chain 70, rod 0, treadle b, and adjusting mechanism working upon said treadle, all substantially as herein set forth.

5. In combination, the bar 6, earsf, stay-leverf, box g, and spring h, all arranged and combined substantially as set forth.

6. In combination with the treadle b, the bar 0, cars f, stay-lever f, box g, spring It, and screw 13, all said parts being arrangedand operating substantially as herein set forth.

7. In ahat-sizing machine, the combination, with the bar 0 and stay-lever f, of the box having the spring h and a set-screw to adjust said spring, as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of December, 1882.

AUGUSTUS PELISSE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, OLIVER DRAKE. 

